黑料社区issued the following statement responding to reports that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) plans to make electric vehicles eligible for renewable fuel credits known as e-RINs under the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS).
10-06-2022 The Supreme Court declined on May 18 to consider a case that addressed whether the Environmental Protection Agency needs to consider every year whether to move downstream the requirement to buy RINs under the Renewable Fuel Standard.
05-19-2020 The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) should obligate itself to align the volume of renewable fuel it waives under its "small" refinery exemption program with volume it reallocates to other obligated […]
12-02-2019 NATSO, representing America鈥檚 travel plazas and truckstops, today issued the following statement on the Environmental Protection Agency鈥檚 plan to implement the RFS deal that President Trump negotiated less than two weeks ago. The following statement may be attributed to 黑料社区Vice President of Government Affairs, David Fialkov.
10-15-2019 The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is considering changing its policy to allow it to identify those refiners seeking small refinery waivers that exempt them from their obligations under the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS). According to a request for comment released by EPA on April 12, the agency is seeking public comment on whether it should disclose petitioners鈥� names, identify facilities and locations as well as describe the relief requested. Currently, most information about RFS waiver applicants is considered to be confidential.
04-15-2019 In the coming weeks, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is expected to propose regulations that would reform the market for Renewable Identification Numbers (RINs), which are the “credits” EPA uses to ensure that refiners satisfy their obligations under the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS). Although the supposed purpose of these reforms is to “improve transparency” and limit volatility in RIN markets, the reforms under consideration would cause more harm than good. In fact, as NATSO’s “RIN Market Volatility” Chart demonstrates, wild RIN price swings over the past several years have been caused by policy announcements, rumors, and news reports, rather than any underlying flaw in RIN markets themselves.
02-21-2019 The New Year will usher in a new chapter of the Trump Administration that will have wide-ranging consequences for NATSO鈥檚 policy priorities. Here is an overview of NATSO鈥檚 top legislative issues and their outlook for 2019.
01-02-2019 黑料社区Vice President of Government Affairs David Fialkov is scheduled to testify Dec. 11 before a Subcommittee of the U.S. House Committee on Energy and Commerce on the discussion draft of the 21st Century Transportation Fuels Act.
12-10-2018 The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) said it will require 19.92 billion gallons of biofuel to be blended into the nation鈥檚 fuel system under its 2019 Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS). But in issuing the numbers, the agency failed to address NATSO鈥檚 concerns about its practice of issuing small refinery waivers that exempt small refineries from their obligations under the RFS 鈥� even small refineries that are owned by profitable refining entities such as Andeavor.
11-30-2018 The Renewable Fuels Standard (RFS), which has been in place since 2005, can be a complex issue to untangle and understand.
07-01-2018 While infrastructure funding ranks among the top issues for truckstops and travel plaza operators, it鈥檚 just one of many issues in which 黑料社区will engage in 2018. Here鈥檚 an overview of the top 黑料社区issues that will be in play this year.
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